Questions surround raid at city mosque (Philadelphia, new info)

Front page Philadelphia Inquirer Friday May 28, a long article with pictures.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/8778812.htm

Questions surround raid at city mosque
By Thomas Ginsberg and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr.
Inquirer Staff Writers

Heavily armed IRS and immigration agents raided a Philadelphia mosque and two homes yesterday, seizing documents and detaining the imam on immigration charges.

IRS officials gave no immediate explanation for the action, which came one day after U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced stepped-up operations based on concerns that al-Qaeda operatives were plotting an attack.

Jerri Williams, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia office of the FBI, whose agents joined the raids but did not lead them, said there was no immediate suspicion of terrorism. "We have no information connecting activities or individuals involved with terrorism-related matters," she said. "But as part of our support, we'd be reviewing items obtained to see if there is any terrorism connection."

A copy of one search warrant in yesterday's raids indicated that authorities were looking for financial documents, including banking, payroll and wire-transfer records.

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In the caption of a picture in the print edition, the wife of the Imam says "Since when is be a Muslim a crime?"

Gotta love freedom and justice in the good ole' USofA! :puke:

and well into "you're guilty, period" phase.

:wtf:

It sounds like a friggin fishing expedition designed to give the impression *&co are doing something. Since when do courts issue warrants based on "no information"?